3i6 PROCEEDINGS COTTESWOLD CLUB 1912 



The precise site of the Chadnor- Villa Well is indicated by 

 the letter " W " on the map near the junction of Well Place 

 with Christ Church Road. It is about 70 feet deep. 



Prof. T. E. Thorpe in his Report to the Town Improvement 

 Committee of the Town Council of Cheltenham in 1893, 

 in connection with the above analyses made by him, wrote: — ' 



Magnesia Saline Water No. i (Chadnor Villa Well). — This well con- 

 tains about 313 grains of saline matter in the gallon, the jirincipal con- 

 stituents of which are magnesium sulphate (Epsom Salts) to the 

 extent of about ii8 grains, and sodium sulphate (Glauber's Salts) to 

 the extent of about 61 grains per gallon. It contains relatively little 

 sodium chloride, and the amount of ferrous carbonate is too small 

 for the water to be regarded as chalybeate. The proportion of bro- 

 mides and iodides is also very small. The amount of lithia is too 

 minute to be quantitatively estimated. 



The water has probably considerable therapeutic value on account 

 of the relatively large proportion of the aperient salts it contains. 



The Lansdown Terrace Well is situated at the back of that 

 Terrace. Concerning its waters, Prof. Thorpe reported : — 



Soda Saline Water No. i (Lansdown Well). — This water contains 

 about 625 grains per gallon of saline matter, more than half of which 

 consists of common salt, and about a fourth of sodium sulphate 

 (Glauber's Salts). The quantities of bromides and iodides are small, 

 and only spectroscopic traces of lithia could be detected. The amount 

 of iron is about the same as in the Cottage Well. 



The Cottage Well of Prof. Thorpe's Report is situated at 

 the house called Fulshaw Lodge, Christ Church Road. Prof. 

 Thorpe's general remarks concerning its waters were : — 



Magnesia Saline Water No. 2 (Cottage Well). — This water contains 

 about 390 grains of saline matter per gallon, about one-third of which 

 consists of Epsom Salts, and rather more than a fourth of which con- 

 sists of sodium sulphate, together with notable quantities of gypsum, 

 chalk and common salt. 



It contains only minute quantities of ferrous carbonate, much too 

 small in amount for it to be classed as a chalybeate water. Bromides 

 and iodides are absent, and the amount of lithium is too small to be 

 quantitatively determined. This water has considerable resemblance 

 to that of Chadnor Villa, and the same remarks apply as to its thera- 

 peutic value. 



The main well at Pittville, which is situated under the 

 Pump Room is 90 feet deep. 



Soda Saline Waters Nos. 2, 3 atid 4 (Pitville Wells, I., II., III.). — 

 The Pittville Wells, Nos. I. and III., bear a close resemblance to each 

 other, the first contains about 662 grains per gallon of saline matter, 

 the second about 644 grains, by far the largest constituent in each case 

 being common salt. Both the waters contain notable quantities of 

 bromides and iodides, and each contains sodium bi-carbonate to the 



I Pamphlet: "Professor Thorpe's Report and Analysis of the Cheltenham Mineral Waters, 

 November, 1893. 



